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Ministry of Labour & Employment
Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers  – July, 2022
The Labour Bureau, an attached office of the M/o Labour & Employment, has been compiling Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers every month on the basis of retail prices collected from 317 markets spread over 88 industrially important centres in the country. The index is compiled for 88 centres and All-India and is released on the last working day of succeeding month. The index for the month of July, 2022 is being released in this press release.
The All-India CPI-IW for July, 2022 increased by 0.7 points and stood at 129.9 . On 1-month percentage change, it increased by 0.54 per cent with respect to previous month compared to an increase of 0.90 per cent recorded between corresponding months a year ago.
The maximum upward pressure in current index came from Housing group contributing 0.37 percentage points to the total change. At item level Cooking Gas, Electricity Domestic, Potato, Onion, Gourd, Mango, Banana, Chillies Dry, Cooked Meal, Wheat, Wheat Atta, Arhar Dal, Tur Dal etc. are responsible for the rise in index. However, this increase was largely checked by Tomato, Poultry Chicken, Soyabeen oil, Sunflower Oil, Mustard oil, Palm Oil, Rice, Apple, Lemon, Radish, Garlic, Drum Stick etc. putting downward pressure on the index.
At centre level, Udham Singh Nagar recorded a maximum increase of 3.8 points followed by Jalpaiguri and Jalandhar with 3.3 and 3.2 points respectively. Among others, 9 centres recorded increase between 2 to 2.9 points, 32 centres between 1 to 1.9 points and 24 centres between 0.1 to 0.9 points. On the contrary, Salem recorded a maximum decrease of 4.1 points. Among others, 2 centers recorded decrease between 2 to 2.9 points, 3 centers between 1 to 1.9 points and 11 centres between 0.1 to 0.9 points. Rest of 3 centres’ indices remained stationary.
Year-on-year inflation for the month stood at 5.78 per cent compared to 6.16 per cent for the previous month and 5.26 per cent during the corresponding month a year before. Similarly, Food inflation stood at 5.96 per cent against 6.73 per cent of the previous month and 4.91 per cent during the corresponding month a year ago.
Y-o-Y Inflation based on CPI-IW 
All-India Group-wise CPI-IW for June, 2022and July, 2022
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Groups
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June, 2022
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July, 2022
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I
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Food & Beverages
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130.0
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129.7
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II
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Pan, Supari, Tobacco & Intoxicants
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144.4
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144.4
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III
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Clothing & Footwear
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127.0
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127.2
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IV
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Housing
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118.9
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121.0
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V
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Fuel & Light
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172.8
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178.2
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VI
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Miscellaneous
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125.9
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126.1
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General Index
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129.2
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129.9
CPI-IW: Groups Indices
The next issue of CPI-IW for the month of August, 2022 will be released on Friday, 30th September, 2022. The same will also be available on the office website www.labourbureaunew.gov.in.
Ministry of Defence
Indian Army Reaches Out to its Bravehearts Disabled in the line of duty
To commemorate the 'Year of Disabled Soldier in Line of Duty', Indian Army today honoured the soldiers who have been disabled while serving the nation in a seminar on 'Physical & Mental Issues of Disabled Soldiers' organised at Manekshaw Centre. The event was attended by disabled soldiers and veterans, along with serving soldiers, officers and ladies. This event was used as an opportunity to connect with injured Indian Army bravehearts and acknowledge their service to the Nation.
DGAFMS, Lt Gen Bipin Puri delivered the welcome address for the event which was presided over by Chief of Army Staff, Gen Bipin Rawat. The COAS emphasized on the need to recognize both the physical and mental aspects of the disability and providing comprehensive care to the disabled soldiers to help them reintegrate into the society. He also highlighted various disabled-friendly initiatives that have been taken in Armed Forces Hospitals.
On the occasion, Maj DP Singh , a Kargil war veteran and celebrity blade runner also shared his experiences with the audience. Other speakers included Col Sachin Saxena, Psychiatrist from Base Hospital Delhi and Col AS Kalra, Prosthetic Surgeon from Artificial Limb Centre, Pune. They spoke about the challenges faced by disabled soldiers and discussed the very pertinent issue of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder that afflicts a large proportion of disabled soldiers.
The aim of the Seminar was to provide an educative experience about the various stresses faced by the soldiers and their families, especially when a family member suffers from an injury leading to a devastating disability. A detailed account of various problems with special emphasis on effective solutions to combat them, was deliberated upon. This Seminar is one of the events which focuses to establish 'feel good' connect between disabled soldiers and the organisation and also aims to galvanise support for them.
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Ministry of Women and Child Development
School Nutrition Gardens now in More than 4 lakh Schools across India
Kolkata, September 2, 2022
More than 4 lakh schools in India are now equipped with Nutrition Gardens. The school children themselves are planting saplings or sowing seeds of nutritional vegetables inside the school campus so as to make their midday meal delicious and healthy. The children are taking special interests in this work, which seems to give them some mental relaxations after hardcore studies. This has been encouraged by the Centre as well to give special impetus to Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman  Scheme, a Centrally Sponsored Scheme which covers all school children studying in Classes Bal Vatika & I-VIII of Government and Government-Aided Schools. The scheme covers about 12 crore children in the age group of 5-11 years, comprising 22.6 lakh children from Bal Vatika, 7.2 crore children from primary and 4.6 crore children from upper primary, studying in 11.20 lakh schools across the country.
The objectives of the PM POSHAN are to address two of the pressing problems for the majority of children in India, viz. hunger and education by improving the nutritional status of children studying in classes Bal Vatika & I – VIII in Government and Government-aided schools, encouraging poor children, belonging to disadvantaged sections, to attend school more regularly and help them concentrate on classroom activities, providing nutritional support to children of elementary stage in drought-affected areas during summer vacation and during disaster times.
Every year, the Central Government spent more than Rs 20,000 crore  under the Scheme including food subsidy of about Rs 9,500 crore. According to Government reports, 31 lakh MT food grains have been allocated under the Scheme for 2022-23. Under PM POSHAN, hot cooked meals are provided to all eligible children on all school days, containing 450 calories and 12 gms protein for primary and 700 calories and 20 gms protein for upper primary class children.
Besides, Community participation has been strengthened in the scheme in the form of ‘Tithi Bhojan’. Under Tithi Bhojan, community volunteers provide meals/additional food items etc. On birthdays, anniversaries, days of National importance etc. This apart, States and Uts have been encouraged to enhance the involvement of Women Self Help Groups  and Farmer Producer Organizations  in implementation of the scheme.
States and Uts have been encouraged to use millets in the preparation of hot cooked meals under PM POSHAN.
Prime Minister's Office
PM proposes first meeting of BRICS Water Ministers in India
Innovation has become the basis of our development: PM
PM addresses Plenary session of XI BRICS Summit
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi addressed the Plenary session of XI BRICS Summit in Brazil today. Heads of states of other BRICS countries, also addressed the Plenary session.
Speaking on the occasion, Prime Minister said that the theme of this summit - "Economic growth for an innovative future” is very apt. He said that Innovation has become the basis of our development. He emphasized that it is necessary for strengthening the cooperation under BRICS for innovation.
Prime Minister said that now we have to consider the direction of BRICS, and mutual cooperation should be more effective in the next ten years. He highlighted that despite success in many areas, there is considerable scope to increase efforts in some areas. PM called for paying special attention to mutual trade and investment, as Intra-BRICS trade accounts for just 15% of world trade, while the combined population is more than 40% of the world's population.
Recalling about the recent ‘Fit India Movement’ started in India, he said that he wanted to increase contacts and exchanges between the BRICS in the field of fitness and health. He also said that Sustainable water management and sanitation are important challenges in urban areas and proposed to hold the first meeting of BRICS Water Ministers in India.
He was happy that the first Seminar on BRICS Strategies for Countering Terrorism was organized and hoped that such efforts and activities of the five working groups will increase strong BRICS Security Cooperation against terrorism and other organized crimes.
PM concluded that with the mutual recognition of visas, social security agreement and qualifications, we will give people of the five countries a more conducive environment for mutual travel and work.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID-19 UPDATE
52.95 Cr. vaccine doses have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive
Active cases constitute 1.20% of total cases; lowest since Mar 2020
India's Active caseload currently 3,85,227
Highest ever Recovery Rate achieved; currently at 97.46%
3,13,02,345 total recoveries across the country so far
42,295 patients recovered during last 24 hours
India reports 40,120 new cases in last 24 hours
Weekly Positivity Rate remains below 5%, currently at 2.13%
Daily positivity rate at 2.04%; less than 3% for last 18 days
Testing capacity substantially ramped up – 48.94 cr tests total conducted
Ministry of Cooperation
G20 Women-led development: Women cooperative sector focused awareness cum training programme conducted on “Empowerment of Women and Women Nutrition” in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
Pune, 11 February 23
India’s apex institute Vaikunth Mehta National Institute of Cooperative Management , Pune under the Ministry of Cooperation, Government of India, conducted a half-day awareness cum training programme on "Empowerment of programme and Women Nutrition" in collaboration with Laxmi Bai Mahila Nagari Sahakari Bank at Galwor, Madhya Pradesh as on 10th February 202
G20-Theme-based programme for women cooperative bank members and farmers was organized by Vaikunth Mehta National Institute of Cooperative Management, Pune, Maharashtra at Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh.
This programme was designed under G20 theme of Women-led development under the guidance of Dr. Hema Yadav, Director, VAMNICOM, Pune. The objective of programme was to conduct a G20 theme-based programme for women in cooperative sector. VAMNICOM has teamed up with Laxmi Bai Mahila Nagari Sahakari Bank in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. Since 1960 this Sahakari bank is working. Smt. Alka Shrivastava  of Laxmi Bai Mahila bank has showed her keen interest to the conducting a programme.
In the programme, 150 women participated from different parts of Gwalior city. The chief guest was Smt. Maya Singh  and the special invitee were Smt. Meena Mudha .
The chief guest was Smt. Maya Sinha  and special invitee was Smt. Meena Munda .
Smt. Maya Singh expressed her views about women's empowerment and women's role in society development. Smt.Meena Mudha mentioned in her speech about iron, calcium and different kind anaemia.
Dr. Pallavi Ingale  has introduced the G20 theme of women-led development and a brief programme agenda. The contribution of Laxmi Bai Mahila cooperative bank to support women was explained by Smt. Alka Srivastav. Dr. Amit Mudgal  has described the meaning of women farmers and shared the different government schemes.
Dr. Priyadarshni Srivatava gave emphasis on the nutrition of teenager age and women. She explained the meaning of nutrition and the importance of nutrition in different phases of the life of women. Women's health and challenges faced by women are shared by Dr. Veena Pardhan. Smt. Anjali Batra has given many examples of successful women entrepreneurs to motivate women. She gave insight into how to identify an opportunity and talent for business.
This programme got an overvaluing acknowledgment. Women have expressed interest to know more about business and nutrition.
Ministry of Finance
Signing of Exchange of Notes and Loan Agreements on Japan’s Official Development assistance Loan to India
The Notes were exchanged today between Dr.C.S. Mohapatra, Additional Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India and H.E. Mr. Kenji Hiramatsu, Ambassador of Japan to India on Japanese official development assistance loan for  Chennai Metro Project   for JPY 75.519 billion,  Program for Japan-India Cooperative Actions towards Sustainable Development Goals in India for JPY 15.000 billion and  Project for Dairy Development for JPY 14.978 billion. The Government of Japan has committed JICA Official Development Assistance totalling Yen 105.497 billion  for the three projects.
Subsequent to the Exchange of Notes, Loan Agreements for the  Chennai Metro Project  , and  Project for Dairy Development were signed between Dr.C.S. Mohapatra, Additional Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India and Mr. Katsuo Matsumoto, Chief Representative, JICA, New Delhi.
The Chennai Metro Project  aims to meet growing traffic demand by building Mass Rapid Transit System, to mitigate worsening road traffic / traffic pollution and eventually lead to balanced regional development and enhancement of metropolitan atmospheric environmental condition in Chennai Metropolitan Area.
The Program for Japan-India Cooperative Actions towards Sustainable Development Goals in India aims to contribute to promotion of SDGs in India especially in social development by supporting the efforts by the Government of India to strengthen policy framework and implementation mechanism, thereby supporting India in achieving SDGs by 2030.
The Project for Dairy Development aims to increase sales of milk and dairy products by increasing farmers' access to organised market, upgrading dairy processing facilities and marketing infrastructure and enhancing the capacity of producers owned institutions, thereby contributing to increase in returns to milk producers in the project area.
India and Japan have had a long and fruitful history of bilateral development cooperation since 1958. In the last few years, the economic cooperation between India and Japan has steadily progressed. This further consolidates and strengthens the Strategic and Global Partnership between India and Japan.
[Exchange Rate: Yen 100 = Rs.63.21]
Prime Minister's Office
PM announces ex-gratia from PMNRF for West Bengal flood victims
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has announced an ex-gratia of Rs. 2 lakh to be given to the next of kin of those who lost their lives due to flooding in parts of West Bengal. He also announced Rs. 50,000 to those injured.
A PMO tweet said, "An ex-gratia of Rs. 2 lakh each from PMNRF would be given to the next of kin of those who lost their lives due to flooding in parts of West Bengal. The injured would be given Rs. 50,000."
Ministry of Finance
Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman holds 5th review meeting on CAPEX of CPSEs to boost expenditure in economy
Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman here today held Video Conference with Secretaries of the Ministries of Power, Mines and Department of Atomic Energy and the CMDs of 10 CPSEs belonging to these Ministries, to review the capital expenditure  in this financial year. This was 5th in the ongoing series of meetings that the Finance Minister is having with various stakeholders to accelerate the economic growth in the background of COVID – 19 pandemic.
The overall achievement as on 23rd November, 2020 is Rs.24227 crore  against the CAPEX target for 2020-21 i.e. Rs.61483 crore.
While reviewing the performance of CPSEs, Smt. Sitharaman said that CAPEX by CPSEs is a critical driver of economic growth and need to be scaled up for the FYs 2020-21 & 2021-22. The Finance Minister appreciated the efforts of the Ministries and CPSEs for making visible efforts to meet out the CAPEX targets. However, Smt. Sitharaman said that more efforts are still required to achieve the target of 75% CAPEX by Q3 and more than 100% by Q4 of the FY 21. The Finance Minister encouraged the CPSEs to perform better to achieve targets and to ensure that the capital outlay provided to them for the year 2020-21 is spent properly and within time.
Smt. Sitharaman asked the Secretaries to closely monitor the performance of CPSEs in order to ensure to achieve the target of CAPEX and make plan for it. She also asked the Secretaries to proactively sort out the unresolved issues of the CPSEs.
Ministry of Finance
Notification No. 72/2020-CUSTOMS 
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section  of section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 , the Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs, being satisfied that it is necessary and expedient so to do, hereby makes the following amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance , No. 36/2001-Customs , dated the 3rd August, 2001, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section-3, Sub-section , vide number S. O. 748 , dated the 3rd August, 2001, namely:-
In the said notification, for TABLE-1, TABLE-2, and TABLE-3 the following Tables shall be substituted, namely: -
“TABLE-1
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Sl. No.
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Chapter/ heading/ sub-heading/tariff item
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Description of goods
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Tariff value

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1
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1511 10 00
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Crude Palm Oil
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722
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2
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1511 90 10
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RBD Palm Oil
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746
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3
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1511 90 90
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Others – Palm Oil
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734
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4
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1511 10 00
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Crude Palmolein
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752
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5
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1511 90 20
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RBD Palmolein
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755
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6
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1511 90 90
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Others – Palmolein
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754
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7
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1507 10 00
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Crude Soya bean Oil
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846
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8
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7404 00 22
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Brass Scrap 
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3751
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9
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1207 91 00
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Poppy seeds
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3623
TABLE-2
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Chapter/ heading/ sub-heading/tariff item
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Description of goods
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Tariff value

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71 or 98
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Gold, in any form, in respect of which the benefit of entries at serial number 356 of the Notification No. 50/2017-Customs dated 30.06.2017 is availed
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626 per 10 grams
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2.
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71 or 98
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Silver, in any form, in respect of which the benefit of entries at serial number 357 of the Notification No. 50/2017-Customs dated 30.06.2017 is availed
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846 per kilogram
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4.
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71
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 Gold bars, other than tola bars, bearing manufacturer’s or refiner’s engraved serial number and weight expressed in metric units;
 Gold coins having gold content not below 99.5% and gold findings, other than imports of such goods through post, courier or baggage.
Explanation. - For the purposes of this entry, “gold findings” means a small component such as hook, clasp, clamp, pin, catch, screw back used to hold the whole or a part of a piece of Jewellery in place.
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626 per 10 grams
TABLE-3
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Description of goods
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Tariff value

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1
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080280
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Areca nuts
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3720”
Note: - The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section-3, Sub-section , vide Notification No. 36/2001–Customs , dated the 3rd August, 2001, vide number S. O. 748 , dated the 3rd August, 2001 and was last amended vide Notification No. 71/2020-Customs , dated the 13th August, 2020, e-published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section-3, Sub-section , vide number S.O. 2753 , dated 13th August, 2020.
Ministry of Defence
ENC bids adieu to Vice Admiral Biswajit Dasgupta on Superannuation
Eastern Naval Command  bid adieu to Vice Admiral Biswajit Dasgupta PVSM AVSM YSM VSM Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief  ENC on his superannuation on 31 Jul 23 at an impressive Ceremonial Parade held at the Naval Base Visakhapatnam. The Admiral inspected the Ceremonial Guard and reviewed platoons of naval and DSC personnel of the Command. The ceremony was attended by all Flag Officers and Commanding Officers of ships, submarines and establishments. This was followed by the traditional ‘Pulling Out’ ceremony.
Vice Admiral Biswajit Dasgupta superannuated from the Naval Service on completion of over thirty eight years of illustrious service to the Nation and the Navy. During his 20 months tenure at the helm of the ENC, the Command witnessed a high operational tempo with ships, submarines and aircraft deployed from Eastern Pacific to the East Coast of Africa. Additionally, ENC carried out crucial HADR operations like evacuating stranded Indian nationals from Sudan during Op Kaveri and providing Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief  to Myanmar after Cyclone Mocha as part of Op Karuna. The Command also successfully conducted important flagship events such as the multilateral Maritime International Exercise - MILAN 2022, the President's Fleet Review 22 and the Navy Day Op Demo 2022 which was witnessed by the Hon’ble President of India. He proactively spearheaded a number of infrastructure projects to enhance the overall quality of life in the Eastern Naval Command. His tenure also saw establishment of the Sea Harrier Museum at Visakhapatnam and the TU Museum at Kolkata.
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